Month: July 2024

Senate Bill 707 (SB 707), a landmark, first-in-the-country, textile-recycling bill from Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), passed the California Assembly

Source: Senator Josh Newman’s Landmark Textile Recycling Bill Advances in California Assembly – Waste Advantage Magazine

Seeking to quash a regulatory change that would remove over 100 million pounds of North American post-consumer resin demand per year, EFS-Plastics, Merlin Plastics and PreZero US have joined together to advocate for retaining recycled-content reusable plastic bags in California’s bag regulations.Continue Reading→

Source: Recycling firms unite to oppose reusable plastic bag ban

At a meeting of Oregon materials recovery stakeholders last week, two plastics recycling experts had a blunt message for attendees: Plastics recycling is in trouble.Continue Reading→

Source: To boost plastics recycling, take lessons from clean energy

Environment minister’s warning comes after interception of over 100 containers filled with toxic e-waste from Los Angeles port

Source: ‘Not world’s rubbish bin’: Malaysia e-waste seizure raises fears of renewed criminal trade | South China Morning Post

The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the crisis.

Source: The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis — ProPublica